Sao Paulo-based tattoo artist Brian Gomes creates spirited ornamental tattoos using either black-work or colors. His sources of inspiration are coming from the art of Asia, South America, Arabic as well as sacred geometry. Brian mixes them all to create original neo-tribal type tattoos. His work is also intrinsically linked to his studies in shamanic philosophy. It’s a belief system that recognizes there is a spiritual world directly linked to our physical one – that all physical things have an inner spirit. ‘I’m constantly inspired by Brazilian indigenous graphics, sacred geometry, Islamic and oriental patterns. … Tattoos are the ripe fruit of the soul, they are our inner beauty.’ – Brian Gomes